The French embassy in Pakistan on Thursday advised all French nationals and companies to temporarily leave the country, after violent anti-France protests paralysed large parts of the country this week.AFP reports. “Due to the serious threats to French interests in Pakistan, French nationals and French companies are advised to temporarily […]
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UN calls on ECOWAS Parliament to Adopt Policies to Protect women in the informal sectors. The United Nations has called on the ECOWAS Parliament to come up with policies that protect and recognize the contributions of women in the informal sectors. The Deputy County Representative United Nations Women in Liberia, […]
ECOWAS Parliament says it will engage with the authorities of Member States to end the extortion of ECOWAS citizens by Immigrations officials at all border posts. The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament Sidie Tunis gave the indication during a visit to Gbahjakeh Community in Bomi County, Liberia. The visit was […]
Former banker Guillermo Lasso won Ecuador’s presidential election Sunday, pledging “opportunities and prosperity” despite a pandemic-battered and debt-laden economy and a political system driven by gridlock. Conservative Lasso declared himself president-elect after his socialist opponent Andres Arauz conceded. With 93 percent of votes counted, the 65-year-old held a lead of […]
Sierra Leone announced Saturday it will vaccinate health workers against Ebola in areas near its border with Guinea, where the disease re-emerged in January.AFP reports. Health Minister Austin Demby said in a statement that US drugs firm Johnson & Johnson was to supply 640 doses of its Ebola vaccine on […]
Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, is dead. The Duke of Edinburgh died on Friday at Windsor Castle in England. According to Nytimes, the Buckingham Palace said he passed away peacefully. Recall that Philip had been hospitalized several times and recently in February. The 99-year-old also had a successful […]
The Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday revealed that speed was the main cause of a crash that seriously injured Tiger Woods in February. Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Woods was driving at speeds unsafe for conditions and inability to negotiate a curve. Contrary to some speculations, Villanueva said Woods showed […]
Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh is expected to extend his two-decade rule of the tiny Horn of Africa nation as the country heads to the polls Friday.AFP reports Guelleh, 73, is facing political newcomer Zakaria Ismail Farah, his only rival after traditional opposition parties decided to boycott the election. A […]
Prosecutors in Taiwan said Saturday they questioned the owner of an unmanned truck that rolled onto a rail track and caused the country’s worst train disaster in decades that killed 50 people and injured 178, though no charges have been filed.apnews. com reports. The train was carrying 494 people at […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered schools closed for three weeks as France moves into another lockdown for the third time. The measure effective from 3 April is to push back a third wave of COVID-19 infections. With the death toll nearing 100,000, intensive care units in the hardest-hit regions […]
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